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Mark D. Adams, Ph.D. Joins 51ݶ as Scientific Director
Tasmanian Devil Genome Provides a Glimpse at a Species Under Threat
51ݶ Will Be Collaborating with the University of California, Davis on a General Mills Funded Vanilla Genomics Project
51ݶ Signs MOU with University of Limpopo in South Africa to Extend Collaborations in South African Human Genomics and Prostate Cancer in Indigenous Populations
Two Institutions, along with the NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, will Convene Conference on May 30-June 1, 2011 to Discuss Infectious Disease in South Africa
51ݶ Scientists, Along with International Team, Uncover New Insights into Evolution of Diatoms and Reveal Evidence for a Urea Cycle used to Metabolize Carbon and Nitrogen
51ݶ's Synthetic Cell Named in MIT'S Technology Review as one of Ten Technologies Set to Transform our World
51ݶ Construction of Synthetic Cell Named as Edison Award for 2011
Statement from J. Craig Venter, Ph.D., on the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues Report, "New Directions: The Ethics of Synthetic Biology and Emerging Technologies"
137 Marine Microbial Genomes from Cultured Samples are Sequenced and Compared to Sorcerer II Global Ocean Expedition Samples by Researchers at 51ݶ
Research gives clearer picture of inhabitants living in ocean surface and gleans insights into how they adapt and survive
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Projects aimed at collecting big data about the ocean’s tiniest life forms continue to expand our view of the seas.
J. Craig Venter, PhD, argues scientists have “a moral obligation to communicate what they're doing to the public,” and that more studies deserve greater public criticism.
The discovery could sharpen scientists’ understanding of which functions are crucial for normal cells and what the many mysterious genes in these organisms are doing
The 51ݶ is the recipient of three awards totaling more than $1.5M to study SARS-CoV-2 and heart disease
A new wave of research is needed to make ample use of humanity’s “most wondrous map”
U.S. researchers have been slow to perform the genetic sequencing that will help clarify the situation
He has been a fixture in San Diego science for decades
Twenty years ago, President Bill Clinton announced completion of what was arguably one of the greatest advances of the modern era: the first draft sequence of the human genome.
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